Commonwealth of Australia
 
Migration Regulations 1994
    SPECIFICATION OF REGIONAL CERTIFYING BODIES AND POST CODES DEFINING REGIONAL AUSTRALIA FOR CERTAIN VISAS (REGULATIONS 5.19(4)(e), 1.20GA(1)(e), 5.19(5), 2.43(1)(la) and 471.229G)   I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e), subregulation 5.19(5), paragraph 2.43(1)(la), and item 471.229G of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):   1.      REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 05/060, signed on 6 July 2005, specifying bodies for the purposes of paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e) of the Regulations, specifying part of Australia  for the purposes of subregulation 5.19(5) and specifying areas for the purposes of paragraph 2.43(1)(la) of the Regulations;   2.      SPECIFY each of the bodies listed in Schedule A to this notice as bodies for the purposes of paragraphs 5.19(4)(e) and 1.20GA(1)(e) of the Regulations;   3.      APPROVE each of the bodies listed in Schedule A to this Instrument as bodies for the purposes of item 471.229G of Schedule 2 to the Regulations;   4.      SPECIFY the part of Australia, all the postcodes of which are listed in Schedule B to this notice, as the part of Australia for the purposes of subregulation 5.19(5) of the Regulations; and   5.      SPECIFY the area of Australia, all the postcodes of which are NOT listed in Schedule B to this notice, as the area of Australia for the purposes of paragraph 2.43(1)(la) of the Regulations.   This Instrument, IMMI 06/010, commences on registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.   Dated               28 February                             2006   AMANDA VANSTONE Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs     [NOTE 1:                Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of these Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions. NOTE 2:  Paragraph 5.19(4)(e) provides that only a body that has been specified for the purposes of that paragraph may certify that an employer nomination meets the requirements of subregulation 5.19(4). NOTE 3:  Paragraph 1.20GA(1)(e) provides that only a body that has been specified for the purposes of that paragraph may certify that a nomination meets the requirements of paragraphs 1.20GA(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d). NOTE 4:  Item 471.229G of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that a proposed apprenticeship position is to be certified by a body approved by the Minister, as being a position that was unable to be filled by local recruitment. NOTE 5:  Subregulation 5.19(5) provides that regional Australia means a part of Australia specified by Gazette Notice. NOTE 6:  Paragraph 2.43(1)(la) sets out a prescribed ground for cancelling a visa under section 116 of the Migration Act 1958 and relevantly provides that in the case of the holder of a Subclass 457 (Business (Long Stay)) visa who was granted the visa on the basis of being employed in Australia by a business sponsor, and in respect of whom there is a nomination of an activity under regulation 1.20GA, that the visa holder is living or working within an area specified in a Gazette Notice for that paragraph.]
 
SCHEDULE A
Australian Capital Territory
 
ACT Department of Economic Development  
New South Wales
 
NSW Department of State and Regional Development  
Central NSW
 
Central Western Regional Development Board Inc.
 
Orana Area Consultative Committee Inc.  
Northern NSW
 
Clarence Valley Business Development Board Limited
 
Hunter Councils Inc.
 
Mid North Coast Regional Development Board Inc.
 
Northern Rivers Regional Development Board Inc.
 
Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc.
 
Small Business Centre New England & North-West
 
The New England-North West Regional Development Board Inc.  
Eastern NSW
 
Business Central Coast Inc.  
Southern NSW
 
Albury Wodonga Business Limited
 
Capital Region Development Board
 
Illawarra Regional Development Board Inc.
 
Murray Regional Development Board Inc.
 
Riverina Regional Development Board Inc.  
Western NSW
 
Far Western Regional Development Board Inc.  
Northern Territory
 
Department of Business, Industry & Resource Development  
Queensland
 
QLD Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation  
South West QLD
 
Roma Town Council  
 
SCHEDULE A [cont.]
Central QLD
 
Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planning and Development Board Inc.
 
Commerce Queensland (Rockhampton)
 
Mount Isa Chamber of Commerce Inc.
 
Winton Shire Council
 
Gladstone Area Promotion and Development Limited
 
Central Queensland Area Consultative Committee Inc.  
North QLD
 
Cairns Chamber of Commerce Inc.
 
Cape York Peninsula Development Association Inc.
 
Commerce Queensland (Mackay)
 
Gulf Savannah Development Inc.
 
Townsville Enterprise Limited  
South Australia
 
SA Department of Premier and Cabinet  
Tasmania
 
TAS Department of Premier and Cabinet - Multicultural Tasmania  
Victoria
 
Department for Victorian Communities
 
Regional Development Victoria (Ballarat)
 
Regional Development Victoria (Bendigo)
 
Regional Development Victoria (Geelong)
 
Regional Development Victoria (Mildura)
 
Regional Development Victoria (Shepparton)
 
Regional Development Victoria (Traralgon)
 
Regional Development Victoria (Wangaratta)
 
Regional Development Victoria (Wodonga)
 
Swan Hill Rural City Council
 
Warrnambool City Council
 
Wimmera Development Association Inc.  
Western Australia
 
Gascoyne Development Commission
 
Goldfields Esperance Development Commission
 
Great Southern Development Commission
 
Kimberley Development Commission
 
Mid West Development Commission
 
Peel Development Commission
 
Pilbara Development Commission
 
South West Development Commission
 
Wheatbelt Development Commission
 
SCHEDULE B
  REGION
  POSTCODES  
Australian Capital Territory
Entire Territory  
New South Wales (Except Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong)
2250 to 2251 – (Central Coast) 2256 to 2263 – (Central Coast) 2311 to 2312 2328 to 2411 2420 to 2490 2536 to 2551 2575 to 2594 2618 to 2739 2787 to 2898  
Northern Territory
Entire Territory  
Queensland (Except the greater Brisbane area and the Gold Coast)
4124 to 4125 4133 4211 4270 to 4272 4275 4280 4285 4287 4307 to 4499 4515 4517 to 4519 4522 to 4899  
South Australia
Entire State  
Tasmania
Entire State  
 
 
SCHEDULE B [Cont.]
Victoria (Except Melbourne metropolitan area)
3211 to 3334 3340 to 3424 3430 to 3649 3658 to 3749 3753 3756 3758 3762 3764 3778 to 3781 3783 3797 3799 3816 to 3909 3921 to 3925 3945 to 3974 3979 3981 to 3996  
Western Australia (Except Perth and surrounding areas)
6041 to 6044 6083 to 6084 6121 to 6126 6200 to 6799